A 30 day performance review is not a performance review in the rating sense; it is the review that checks the onboarding worked and sets the goals the ninety-day review will rate. The onboarding checklist, line by line: done, or not, and why. What was unclear in the first month and what is missing. The role's standards, introduced rather than rated. The first two or three goals, measurable, dated for the ninety-day review. The employee review template on this site prints it, free and without an account.
The checklist, checked
Every line of the onboarding checklist: the documents signed, the equipment recorded, the accounts working, the training done and recorded, the buddy in place. A line not done is the employer's action, not the hire's rating.
What was unclear, what is missing
The two questions from the first-week check-in, asked again with a month's perspective: what is still unclear, what would have helped. The answers change the checklist for the next hire, and the paid product regenerates it with the changed lines.
The standards, introduced
The job description's standards, walked through so the hire knows what the ninety-day review will rate against. Not rated yet; the thirty-day review with a rating is one that rates the onboarding, which is the employer's.
The first goals
Two or three, measurable, dated for the ninety-day review, written with the hire. They are the reason the thirty-day review must not end in a chat. HeadcountDesk Pro keeps it and opens the ninety-day from it; the template prints it. From the vendors' own pricing pages, cited below: Homebase lists its Essentials plan at $30 per location per month billed monthly or $24 billed annually, with unlimited employees, and a Basic plan at $0 for one location with up to 10 employees; BambooHR starts at $10 per employee per month for Core and $17 for Pro; Deputy's Core plan is $6.50 per user per month. HeadcountDesk Pro is $24 per month per location.
Questions people ask about 30 day performance review
Should the 30 day review be signed?
Yes; it sets the goals the ninety-day rates, and the goals are the agreement.
How long is it?
Half an hour, with the checklist on the page.
Is the template free?
Yes, without an account.